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10. Republican Extremism, MAGA Nihilism, and the rise of Ron DeSantis

Is This Democracy

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The Speaker's Speech in the House of Representatives on January 6th

Kevin McCarthy was elected speaker of the House on Friday night. CNN's John Sutter asks: What are we thinking about this new House of Representatives? He says they seem to be prioritizing a strange abortion bill that requires doctors to provide medical care for babies born alive after an attempted abortion, which is already required by law. They're talking a lot about defunding the IRS and providing misleading information about whether suggesting that the IRS is going to focus all of its efforts on poor and middle class AmericansGoing forward,. he writes.

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